From nbc World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news. Reporting tonight, tamron hall. Good evening, we begin tonight with yet another controversial comment from a gop candidate for president. And this time its not donald trump. Dr. Ben carson is now under fire for comments he made today to our own chuck todd on meet the press. Carson saying he does not believe a muslim should be president. His remarks now another distraction for the republican party. Nbcs Holly Jackson joins us with more. Good evening, tamron. Ben carsons campaign tells me he probably will reach out to members of the Muslim Community, as tonight theres new fallout from those comments, with one Group Calling on carson to drop out of this race altogether. From a typically softspoken candidate, a response making lots of noise today, after ben carson was asked on meet the press whether a president s faith should matter to voters . If it fits within the realm of america and consistent with the constitution, i h
Table. And smiles. I feel like i didnt hit the powerball but in so many ways ive won so many millions with seeing those two boys alive. And doing well. That is the jackpot. Pamela neville tells me the lake lorelei community is already talking about plans to honor her and her family for their heroics. Shes ok with that just so long as it calls attention to the danger out here. In brown county julie oneill 9 on your side. Developing right now. Police are aggressively handling a case that has many people stunned. A mother found dead in a childs hospital room from an overdose it happened at cincinnati Childrens Hospital and thats wheretom mckee is live with more on what police are doing. Everyone in Law Enforcement that i talked with today is stunned and shocked at the brazen nature of the parents actions. But, they add it points to the power of opiates and how they can make users it was around noon when police were called to a cincinnati Childrens Hospital room. There, they found a woman
Family says the wrong person is behind bars. We get the latest tonight from nbc. Reporter shaking his head as the charges were listed. Four counts of endangerment Reporter Police say the suspect Leslie Allen Merritt jr. A 21yearold landscaper terrorized drivers along i10. He was arrested friday night at this walmart. All i have to say is that im the wrong guy. I tried telling the detectives that. My guns been in the pawn shop for the last two months. I havent even had access to a weapon. Reporter his bond set at 1 million. I could never afford that bond. I got two kids. Reporter police say merritts gun was linked to the first four of the highway shootings. And according to a court document, the gun was not in pawn status during the time of the shootings. The crime lab testfired the firearm pawned by what we believe to be mr. Merritt. The testfired bullets were matched to bullet fragments from four casings over the last weekend in august. Reporter investigators say merritt sold the gun
From nbc World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news. Reporting tonight, tamron hall. Good evening, we begin tonight with yet another controversial comment from a gop candidate for president. And this time its not donald trump. Dr. Ben carson is now under fire for comments he made today to our own chuck todd on meet the press. Carson saying he does not believe a muslim should be president. His remarks now another distraction for the republican party. Nbcs Holly Jackson joins us with more. Good evening, tamron. Ben carsons campaign tells me he probably will reach out to members of the Muslim Community, as tonight theres new fallout from those comments, with one Group Calling on carson to drop out of this race altogether. From a typically softspoken candidate, a response making lots of noise today, after ben carson was asked on meet the press whether a president s faith should matter to voters . If it fits within the realm of america and consistent with the constitution, i h
Police say she cannot be revived. He was carrying a gun. Leslie was in court to face charges. They admitted to overdosing. Got only knows why and what happened. The medical procedure had gone well. Everybody was excited. It they were up eat and positive. Three hours later. Reporter the image in the future of a family completely changed. They remain at the justice sheree we reached out to the police about an update on the investigation. There are lingering questions about where the couple got the heroine. Mike a woman was asleep on the couch when it truck crashes right through her living room. Karen. Reporter let s take a look at how close this house is to route 122. About may be feet from the street. The car was traveling down this road. Had it been any other type of house, i would ve been dead. Very thankful that the lower half of the house is a log cabin that it had such good structure that it saved my life. It was very slick out here. A driver lost control of the truck. She was asle